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L. V. ARONSON. SUPPORT FOR FLAGS, EMBLEMS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1917.

1,325,973. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

WNVENTOR ATTORNEY T FFTQE.

LOUIS V. ARONSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed June 18, 1917. Serial No. 175,310.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIsV. ARoNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Flags, Emblems, and Similar Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to supports for flags, emblems and similar articles, designed to be secured to automobiles, prefer-- ably at or near the front end of the same, said device comprising a base designed to be secured to an automobile, preferably a central stud secured to said base, binding means engaging with said stud for securing the device to the automobile, a plurality of studs carried by or secured to the said central stud, and flag or other securing means carried by said studs.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of the structures illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved device.

Fig. 2 represents on an enlarged scale, a sectional plan view taken on line a-a of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Fig. 3 represents a modified form of my invention; and

Fig. 4 represents on an enlarged scale, a fragmentary portion of one of the posts provided with a groove to receive the emblem-securing means.

Similar numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

In the device illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents a base, cast of or pressed out of any suitable material, preferably annular in form, said base being cupped out in its under side and provided with a central aperture, through which passes and in which is secured the central post 2, said post at its upper end having arranged thereon a ball or other suitable ornamentation 3, which may be formed integral with said post, or

may be secured thereto in any other desired or convenient manner.

The lower end of the central post is preferably screw-threaded, and carries thereon a washer f and threaded nut 5, said threaded portion of the central post being designed to pass through a suitable aperture provided in, preferably the screw-threaded cap of the water tank, or the hood of an automobile, to prevent accidental displacement of the base through the constant and eXces' sive vibration of the automobile.

Secured to that portion of the central post 2 which is in close proximity to the base 1, are a plurality of angularly-arranged posts 6. These angularly-arranged posts 6, as well as the central post 2, in their preferred form, are made of round wire, and the outer ends of the posts 6 are flattened, and provided with spear-heads 7 the inner ends being bent at an angle, the angular portion 8 forming surfaces by means of which said posts 6 can be secured to the central post 2 by means of solder or in any other convenient or desired manner.

It is of course to be understood that instead of employing two posts 6 such as are shown, arranged on either side of the cen tral post 2, said posts 6 being provided with the angular portions 8 forming surfaces by means of which they are secured to the central post 2, a single post, having the outline of the two posts, can be substituted.

In the drawings 9 represents flags of different nationalities, one of which, together with its securing means, is shown in full lines, and the others indicated in dotted lines. The flags 9 along the edge adjacent to the posts 2 and 6, and near the corners thereof, are provided with eyelets 10 of ordinary construction, for the reception of a wire 11, said wire passing through the eyelets 10 and around the groove 12, two of said grooves 12 being preferably provided in each post, the two ends of the wire being brought together in the groove, and by means of which the flags 9 are secured to said posts, to prevent accidental separation therefrom.

In the modified form illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have shown a unitary structure, consisting of a si le piece of wire 13, bent so as to provide a plurality of supports 14, adaptedto support flags or the like, the two ends of the Wire being designed to be secured in the base 1 in any de sired or convenient manner. 7

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is a highly eflicient one, and While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do not Wish to be limited to the exact structure shown, as obvious modifications thereof Will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and such-departures from What is herein described and claimed, I consider Within the scope and terms of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I desire to claim and secure by Letters LOUIS V. ARONSON.

l/Vitnesses L. D. ULRICH, ALEXANDER HARRIS. 

